Bruno Nunes is a founder and attorney of BN Lawyers since 2006. He has been developing his practice mainly in the areas of Commercial and Corporate, Intellectual Property, finance and Gaming. Bruno Nunes has lawyer licenses in Macau and Portugal and has a cross-border lawyer license issued by mainland China. He also has rich experience in arbitration. He is the chairman of the Macau Arbitration Association and the arbitrator / mediator in several cities of Chinese mainland, Mozambique, Brazil and Portugal.
Below are highlights of the interview:
Tell us about your journey. Describe your background and what did you do before you joined BN Lawyers?
July 2003–December 2006: Company Secretary, “Macao 2nd Asian Indoor Games Organising Committee” (MAIGOC) Legal Affairs Director, Portuguese Speaking National Olympic Committees Association; March 2004-December 2006：Legal affairs Director the Portuguese Speaking National Olympic Committees Association; January 2002-December 2006: Legal advisor to the Macau Olympic Committee January; 2002-December 2006: Company Secretary of “Macao 4th East Asian Games Organising Committee” (MEAGOC); January–April 2002: Head of the Legal Department of the “Macao 4th East Asian Games Organising Committee” (MEAGOC), managing the Legal and Commercial areas; April-December 2002: Legal Advisor of “Macau 2005 East Asian Games Coordination Office”; 1998–2001: Legal Advisor on the Sectors of Litigation and Consultancy of the National Housing Institute (INH) of Portugal, namely in charge of the revision of legislative projects related to housing and town planning law.
In 2000 , I attended the OVERGEST/ISCTE Taxation specialization course, achieved the Post-Graduate Degree in Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa in the area of Juridical-Administrative Sciences in 1999 and achieved the completion of a law degree at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (U.C.P) in 1997.
Tell us more about the firm.
BN Lawyers is a law firm established in Macau and Portugal, with an IP office in Singapore and a support office in Mainland China. BN Lawyers have more than 16 years of experience in Macau and 22 years in Portugal. BN Lawyers renders services mainly in the area of Intellectual Property, Corporate, finance and Gaming Law, guided by the thorough respect for ethics and deontology which conducts Law Practice. BN Lawyer provides services to clients who invest in Macau, Portugal, and Mainland China and Singapore.
Why did you choose to become a legal expert?
I didn’t. It just happened by a lucky combination of factors when I was invited to lead the Legal Department of the Macau 4th East Asian Games Organizing Committee.
As the Managing Partner, what are your major roles and responsibilities in the company?
Determining and executing strategic objectives Lead the team. Promote automated procedures to provide clients with more efficient services.
Describe who you are as a person, inside and outside of the workplace.
Restless; which can be an advantage and also a detriment.
What do you consider to be your greatest achievement so far, and why?
Setting up the Macau 4th East Asian Games Organizing Committee by proposing and defending a special regulation and leading the legal department of the 4th East Asian Games, Macau 2005. The high intensity and relentless volume of work and the all-encompassing legal areas that I had to deal with provided me with an unparalleled level of experience, time management, and specialization that I would never have achieved had I followed the normal route.
What advice would you give to the emerging leaders and enthusiasts considering a career in the legal sector?
Specialize, specialize, specialize. And I say no many times to what does not fit that path.
Where do you see yourself and the firm in upcoming years?
Increasingly specialized and focused on meaningful legal projects.
Website: www.bnlawmacau.com
